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I live in Florida. We always have high humidity.

It has a water tray I have to add water to about every other day.

I’ve had one hatch that went in the same date as the one that is cracked.

Triocottage Automatic Incubator with Egg Candler. Auto Egg Turner/Thermostat Settings

The temperature is set at 100. I don’t know if it’s calibrated. Yes, they looked healthy every time I candled them.

I have a couple of pekin eggs in the incubator that should have hatched yesterday and today. The one that should have hatched yesterday has a long crack on the shell but hasn’t hatched. The other one should have hatched today, when I candle it there is no air pocket. Please advise.

I thought as much.

The eggs were passed on to me by a coworker of my husband. He has several Pekin and Muscovy ducks as pets. Some other Muscovys visit his ducks from time to time. He usually shares his eggs with us since he gets more than he can consume. I always check the eggs when he shares them with us. He was...

No, when shining the light on the eggs some look as though they have a developing embryo that takes up about a third of the inside of the shell and others look like they are just beginning to develop

Hi! I'm new to the site. I received 3 dozen fertile Pekin duck eggs and have been asked to try to incubate and hatch them for the person who gave them to me. I don't mind as I am retired, but I don't think the majority of them (or any for that matter) will actually hatch. Candling the eggs, I...